Life Inside Out
When a mother returns to her musical roots, she rediscovers the passion of her youth, and finds a way to connect with her troubled youngest son.
When a mother returns to her musical roots, she rediscovers the passion of her youth, and finds a way to connect with her troubled youngest son.
Laura is a loving wife and mother of three teenage boys. Her youngest son, Shane is the family misfit and a disappointment to his father. When Laura impulsively decides to sing at her first open-mic night, she drags Shane along, and it becomes an experience that opens his eyes and shakes his earbuds loose. Soon, he discovers musical gifts of his own. Together, through the power of music, they are able to make sense of a world they've felt so lost in. LIFE INSIDE OUT is an inspiring tale of the healing that comes when you follow your heart.
A native of Southern California, Jill D’Agnenica grew up escaping into stories in books and on television in the kitchens of her family’s restaurants. She is now an award winning filmmaker and visual artist working in Los Angeles as a director and editor. The Los Angeles Times called LIFE INSIDE OUT, Jill’s directorial debut, “a gentle, poignant drama whose heart and head are squarely in the right place...with tender direction by Jill D’Agnenica.” LIFE INSIDE OUT premiered at the 2013 Heartland Film Festival where it won both the Crystal Heart Award for Narrative Feature and Best Premiere. It went on to screen at 21 festivals, receiving 16 awards. Jill has since directed a series of PSAs for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, music and art videos, and her first episode of television on Freeform’s SWITCHED AT BIRTH. Her tragi-comic absurdist short, A DOG’S STORY, is currently making the festival rounds. As an editor, Jill has crafted over 80 hours of prime-time television on shows including the new PARTY OF FIVE (Freeform), HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER (ABC), LUCIFER (Fox), PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (Freeform), SWITCHED AT BIRTH (Freeform), and UNDERCOVERS (NBC). Jill holds a BA in History from UCLA and an MFA in Visual Art from Claremont Graduate University. She is a faculty member at American Film Institute and enjoys opportunities to contribute as a guest lecturer, panelist, and mentor to fellow filmmakers and artists.
World Premiere - Heartland International Film Festival 2013
Cleveland International Film Festival 2014
Phoenix Film Festival 2014
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival 2014
Black Hills Film Festival 2014
Heartland International Film Festival 2013 - Crystal Heart Award for Narrative Feature and Best Premiere
Phoenix Film Festival 2014 - Cox Audience Award
Black Hills Film Festival 2014 - Best Feature Film
Ojai Film Festival 2014 - Best Narrative Feature
Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival - Best Original Music
Actor and Musician - Maggie Baird
Actor and Musician - Finneas O'Connell
Actor and Musician - Goh Nakamura
Actor and Musician - Yogi Lonich
Actor - Patrick O'Connell